Warmer & Sterilizer: Infant, Dr. Browns
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Dr Browns Bottles
Asked by A.M. from Charleston
on November 18, 2008
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has anyone use the dr browns bottles do they really work
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- I enthusiastically recommend Dr. Brown's bottles! A friend of mine used them with her son, and because of what my friend said I used them exclusively with my daughter...
- Dr. Browns are AWESOME! If your child is the least bit gassy, they are worth it. They take a little longer to clean, but I think they are worth the time. They make ...
- Once I weaned my last child, I started using Dr. Brown's I love them. They definitely do prevent gas. When I weaned my other daughter, she didn't like the Dr. Brown'...
Dr. Browns Bottles
Asked by C.C. from New York
on October 13, 2007
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Hello, my son is 5 months old and I feed him with Dr. Browns bottles. He tries to hold the bottle but his muscles are not strong enough yet. My question is, when my s...
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- I used Dr. Browns with my daughter and she had no problem holding them. The do make a shorted fatter one if you want to try but it holds less milk/formula. Cant reme...
- I used Dr. Brown's wide neck bottle with my son. He did not hold his bottle until he was 10 months old. He was just lazy. If the bottle works with your 5 month old d...
- I have been using Dr. B's bottles since my son was born...he is now 7.5 mos. Personally, I would not change bottles unless he was spitting up or the bottle was not wor...
Sterilizing Bottles
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on March 24, 2008
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When did you stop sterilizing bottles? My infant is 6 months old and it is becoming a chore. Just curioius as to what others are doing.
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- I used the Medela steam bags for the 1st 5 months or so and now I just throw everything in the dishwasher and it sterilizes them.
- My pediatrician told me never to sterilize my baby bottles - he said putting them through the normal wash in the dishwasher sterilizes them just as well, if not better...
- Hi K.! I glanced at the other responses, and most everybody said the same thing I would say.... I DID sterilze constantly with my first son, and began with my se...
Dr. Browns Vs. Platex Drop Ins -- Bottle Advice?
Asked by M.C. from Chicago
on August 19, 2011
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First time mom debating on whether to use Dr. Browns bottles or the Platex drop ins. I have heard that the Dr. Browns are good for colic babies but are a pain to clean...
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- For us it came down to preference by baby. :) Our son loved the Dr. Browns-the slim ones, not the wide mouth. So when my daughter was born I had plenty of bottles...
- I think I tried every bottle out there known to man. Know what worked best for us? Gerber baby bottles. No bells r whistles but nice and simple. :)
- I used the drop ins too. Loved them! Didn't start out w them, however, my 1st child had lots of spit-up issues. When I switched to the drop ins that went away. Use...
Bottle Sterilizing
Asked by M.F. from New York
on June 6, 2008
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Hello ladies. I am new to this forum and had a question that I would like to ask. Do you have to sterilize baby bottles after each use? I do not have a dishwasher. I h...
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- Hi M., I did this a long time ago and I also breastfed for many months and also had glass bottles. I think if you sterilize once a week and wash well you don't have to...
- I congratulate you on your twins and wow are your hands going to be full,, best of luck,, as a mother of four I went from sterilizing after every feeding but by my fou...
- M., Congratulations on the twins. I only boiled the bottles for the first time, and now handwash them. I use to put them in the dishwasher about once a week for a...
Bottles
Asked by E.A. from Chicago
on July 26, 2010
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I am looking for new bottles. My son 4 years ago I bought Avent. I didn't like them then. Course they where not BPA free. So I have thrown them away.
I don't want...
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- I started using Tommy Tippee in late May for my then 9 week old twin girls. They have been working great!! Will move from 5oz to 9oz bottles soon. Easy to clean the ...
- My son refused to use Dr. Brown's, which was fine with me. All those little parts to clean! He was a breast-fed baby, and he seemed to like the wider nipples, so we ...
- my baby wouldnt latch on anything when he was born and had gurd so it was a pain to fins a bottle that he could use. the best one i found was the dr. browns and the av...
Bottles
Asked by J.K. from Chicago
on January 31, 2010
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I'm pregnant with my 3rd child and I'm in the market for new baby bottles. I exclusively breast fed my first 2 children and they rarely used a bottle. With this new ...
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- I breastfed until he was 4 weeks old and now he is on formula. We use the playtex dropins bottles and he loves them. I tried doctor browns and others and he didn't lik...
- I breast fed and supplemented with formula as well with my son. We started with Playtex Drop ins and they were great - I loved the convenience of disposing of the drop...
- With my last I use Avent, he seemed to like them better then normal bottles. The nipples were easier for him to latch on to & didn't effect how he latched on to me. ...
Bottles
Asked by E.L. from Kansas City
on March 13, 2008
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There are so many different bottles out there! How do I know I chose the right one for my baby? Which are the best bottles to use?
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- The breast is best. If you notice all bottle companies say their nipple is "most like the breast" or "comfort fitted to be just like the breast". And all formula compa...
- I've used the Vent Aire bottles with all four of my kids and LOVED them!! The design really does prevent them from getting air in their tummy, and that's a really goo...
- I don't think there are any right or wrong bottles. Just whatever works for your baby. If your baby doesn't like the bottle, he/she will let you know probably by not ...
Bottles
Asked by S.C. from Chicago
on February 13, 2007
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I am looking for some suggestions on bottles. I was using the medela bottles but now need larger sized bottles since we are doing 6 oz now. My little guy does not like...
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- Hi S., We used the Dr. Browns for our son. He was VERY gassy and after getting away from the Vent-aire's that worked well until they started leaking after being wa...
- We used Dr. Brown too. Loved them--lots of peices, but worth it!!!(They have wide neck and regular)
- Hi S.- I have ADVENT and hate them. They leak all the time and don't seal well. My friends told me to switch to Dr. Browns but I have not yet (2nd baby due in June). ...
Bottles
Asked by A.H. from Salinas
on January 21, 2010
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Okay I received such excellent answer from my last question so here we go again. I will be breastfeeding and of course pumping when I need to return to work. Any sug...
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- I agree with previous poster who suggested checking daycare policies on bringing in brestmilk-most require it to be in bottles already, so you may want to pump some st...
- I also recommend the Avent system. I used the Avent bottles, starting with the newborn nipple and later moving one size up. Avent also makes an adapter that allows y...
- I loved my avent pump and also the avent bottles are shallow and more round....very easy to clean. Also Avent carries a large assortment of breast milk storage items. ...
